K3B won't burn at 16X;

[John Wendel]

pds wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:20:53 -0700
> John Wendel <john.wendel at metnet.navy.mil> wrote:
> 
> 
>>tlc wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 2005-10-26 at 09:11 -0600, Robin Laing wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Mirco Scara wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hello guys,
>>>>>I am having a strange problem using K3B on fedora core 3/4.
>>>>>I have a Philips DVD writer 16X/8Xrw 40x for cd in my machine and
>>>>>whenever I  burn dvds K3B won't recognize the full capabilities of
>>>>>my burner.
>>>>>Even if I choose auto mode for dvd writing speed k3b still writes
>>>>>at 8x maximum and there is no mention in the speed section of the
>>>>>16x choice. Is there anyway I can I can hack k3b configuration in
>>>>>order to get this feature enabled?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks a lot.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Mirco
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>What do the log messages state?
>>>>
>>>>Is the media capable of burning at that speed?
>>>
>>>nothing in the logs I have seen, no errors, I am using the correct
>>>media, it just always burns at half speed.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>-- 
>>>>Robin Laing
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>When you use 8X media, does it burn at 8X?
>>
>>I only have 8X media and it always burns at 8X in auto mode. For some 
>>crappy no-brand stuff I slow it down to 6X and this also works fine.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>John
>>
> 
> John,
> 
> What type/model of dvd burner do you have?  I always have trouble
> burning on a Sony DRU-530a.  I'm beginning to thing the problem is
> with the VIA interface.
> 
> thanks,
> -pete
> 

NEC ND3520A 16X Dual Layer.

Not sure what you mean by the VIA interface? My burner is on a VIA 
chipset IDE interface (Via KT600 / 8237).

Regards,

John